"There were 35 attacks a week a year ago; now there are two. Sometimes less ....

and they're pretty ineffective. That's because of the increase in the capabilities of the Iraq Security Forces," Col. Dominic Caraccilo told us today on the DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable. Col. Caraccilo is the Commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division currently assigned to Mult-National Division-Center.

On the call with us today were Andrew Lubin of Get the Gouge, Grim from Blackfive, John Nagl with the Center for a New American Security, and Claire Russo from the Institute for the Study of War.